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Titans news and analysis from Tennessean.comSun, 16 Mar 2014 15:26:22 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6PETA gives Bud Adams a different birdhttp://blogs.tennessean.com/titans/2009/11/18/peta-gives-bud-adams-a-different-bird/
http://blogs.tennessean.com/titans/2009/11/18/peta-gives-bud-adams-a-different-bird/#commentsWed, 18 Nov 2009 18:47:19 +0000JIM WYATT, The Tennesseanhttp://blogs.tennessean.com/titans/?p=3438After learning Bud Adams was fined $250,000 by the NFL for making an obscene at Sunday’s game against the Bills, PETA has offered an idea for the Titans owner.

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) sent the 86-year-old Adams a letter on Wednesday, along with a “chicken finger” T-shirt.

The image on PETA's "chicken finger" T-shirts, one of which was sent to Bud Adams.

The shirt features an image of a chicken’s extended middle “finger.” It also includes the word “McCruelty,” a reference to PETA’s campaign to “convince McDonald’s to require its chicken suppliers to adopt a more humane slaughter method called ‘controlled-atmosphere killing’ (CAK).’’

“If anybody deserves to be flipped off, it’s McDonald’s,” Tanner Hatfield, a PETA staffer and Titans fan, said in an email. “We can assure Mr. Adams that it won’t cost him a penny to encourage McDonald’s to treat birds in a more sporting manner.”

The letter to Mr. Adams came with a suggestion from Hatfield, a merchandise marketing coordinator for PETA.

Adams flipped the Bills the bird multiple times in the final minutes of Sunday’s 41-17 win, first from his suite at LP Field and later in the field. The incident has receiving national attention. Commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday fined Adams for his action.

“Wearing (the T-shirt) will allow you to sound off without lifting a finger,’’ Hatfield wrote Adams. “We’re hoping that the next time you are moved to react, you’ll direct the sentiment toward McDonald’s for the way the company abuses chickens, something far more offensive than anything a Buffalo Bills fan might come up with.’’